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Common Nighthawk by hbvol50, on Flickr

Young Waxwings always appear quite comical to me plus they have absolutely no fear of people.

Looks like an Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler with the grayish coloration and the yellow throat.

Parasitic -- long, thin bill with small dark tip; small, angular head; warm aspect to plumage

Welcome to Whatbird! I agree, this is an immature Cooper's Hawk. I've seen them try to catch squirrels several times, before they learn they're no match for a squirrel! I watched one in a tree in my yard one day, trying its best to catch a Western Fox Squirrel. The squirrel would sit on a limb, fussing and shaking its tail, and when the young Cooper's would try to catch it the squirrel would duck under the limb and come up behind the Hawk and fuss and shake its tail even more. The Cooper's would try again with the same result every time! I swear, I think the squirrel was enjoying it!! After several tries, the Hawk gave up and flew off, and the squirrel went on about its business. It was quite a show to watch.

Peregrine -- wings are too long for Merlin and it seems to lack Merlin's pale subterminal spots on the remiges

Baltimore Oriole, male by hbvol50, on Flickr

Splish Splash Talking a bath

Scrub Jay in Mojave Desert rural Yucca Valley Ca. This is the first Scrub Jay I have seen out here. My be displace from the fire in the mountains 10 miles away. Super smokey out today, found out auto focus doesn't work well in the smoke, switched to manual focus on this shot. Sept 7 2020

A male shoveler has yellow eyes. Eclipse plumage makes it look female.

Though not visible in your photo, the blue legs of vireos help to distinguish them from warblers, none of which have blue legs.

To differentiate them from Warblings? I'd say not really.

Juvenile Mourning Dove.

Hammond's with that really long primary projection.

Looks like an injury to me.

@oharamasonry@yahoo.com, I think the picture shows for you because you are pointing to a link on your own computer. You would need to drag the photo into the box when you post (or choose the file, which is actually easier for me).

Buried in another thread @Colorado Birder was good enough to provide a link to some useful pdf charts for warbler ID. - head, side and undertail. I hadn't seen these before and think they are really helpful so this is the link for anyone else who was not aware of them. https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/download_the_warbler_guide_quickfinders

Thanks @Tony Leukering. This was an example of what you mentioned the other day. At the time , even though it was a few hundred metres away I immediately said to my friend that's a Peregrine, just based on its flight behaviour - it also made a dive after prey. Later because a Merlin had been seen in the area the previous day I talked myself out of it. Thanks @The Bird Nuts for mentioning the "cute" factor the other day for Philadelphia. It seems every photo I have of them they always look something like this one, definitely a useful tip not mentioned in the guides.

I’m thinking Chipping on left, Clay-Colored on right.

Koosah and Sahalie Falls, Oregon. Crazy to think that I was just there yesterday and everything was normal, but now it’s all on fire and everyone was evacuated overnight.

Looks like an Orange-crowned Warbler

Hmm... Perhaps. Brewer's certainly makes sense in terms of the rest of the plumage.

Brewer's doesn't have a clean gray nape. If it's not a Clay-colored it's a Chipping.

one of the best places for Common Nighthawks is nighttime sporting events. Just watch up in the lights.

Yellow-rumped Warblers have yellow rumps; their upper-tail coverts are dark and provide useful ageing/sexing feature; these upper-tail coverts are typical of adult males; females and younger birds have smaller dark centers, with imm females often having only a dark shaft streak

Juv Parasitic; I have already informed another observer of that bird of the correct ID Thin bill with small dark tip; small, angular head; center of gravity far forward (just behind leading edge of wings)

I like spatula for number 2 Edit: parula. Got me again!

I can't either but I'll take a WAG. Is it a pigeon?

That's a Common Nighthawk! They are gathering in large flocks right now, a sight to see for sure!

Eared Quetzal , SE AZ....a pair. 9/5/20

White Ibis fledgling, first recorded successful nest in jersey..

MN, Yellow-throated Vireo :

One of a pair of incredibly cooperative Chipping Sparrows today at Saluda Shoals Park, Irmo, central SC

Agree with Carolina Wren

Sure is!

Least Bittern this morning - showed no interest in relocating into the reeds and was still in the same spot when I moved on.

Actually if you do not report heard only species you should mark the list on eBird as “Incomplete”. (That is, if you can identify a vocalization, you should report it, or your data is incomplete. However if you can’t identify the vocalization, no worries).

This Rufous Hummingbird has chased of every other hummingbird, that have been coming to my feeder all summer!

#256 - Buff-breasted Sandpiper This is the 4th or 5th lifer shorebird this year, and all about 45 minutes from my house in VT! I never expected the variety of shorebirds that show up on Lake Champlain.

278. Northern Mockingbird 279 Hooded Oriole 280. Baltimore Oriole 281. Orchard Oriole

273. Dusky Grouse Dusky Grouse by Jerry Friedman, on Flickr 274. Gray Vireo Gray Vireo by Jerry Friedman, on Flickr 275. Sagebrush Sparrow Sagebrush Sparrows by Jerry Friedman, on Flickr

270. American Avocet Same Avocets by Jerry Friedman, on Flickr 271. Pied-billed Grebe Pied-billed Grebe by Jerry Friedman, on Flickr 272. Yellow Warbler Male Yellow Warbler by Jerry Friedman, on Flickr

267. Solitary Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper by Jerry Friedman, on Flickr 268. American Pipit. American Pipit by Jerry Friedman, on Flickr 269. Least Sandpiper Least Sandpiper by Jerry Friedman, on Flickr

3 Field Sparrow. 4 Yellow-throated Warbler. 5 American Goldfinch.

2 Dark-eyed Junco.

Upland Sandpiper: Clay-colored Sparrow: McCown's Longspur: Chestnut-collared Longspur: Baird's Sparrow: Bairds Sparrow.m4a Sprauge's Pipit: Oka Rd 3.m4a